Film-carrier.



E. BRINKMANN.

FILM CARRIER.

APPLIGATION PILED JAN.23, 1911.

1 ,034,967. Patented Aug. 6, 1912.

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UNITED ERNST BRINKMANN, OF STEGLITZ-BERLIN, GERMANY.

FILM-CARRIER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 6,1912.

Application filed January 23, 1911. Serial No. 604,020.

To all whom 'it may concem:

Be it known that I, ERNST BRlNKMANN, a subject of the German Emperor, and residing at Steglitz-'Berlin, Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Film-Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to film carriers and the like, and is particularly adapted for use in color photography.

In its preferred form the carrier is designed to receive plates, films, papers, or the like, upon which photographic impressions may be nade in natural colors; a single exposure producing the picture on a glass 'plate or film in several colors, as in the Lumire process. In processes of this kind it is necessary to keep out certain light rays, and to that end a colored filter, prefcrably yellow, is used. Heretofore it has been customary in work of this character to hold such a plate in front of the objective, a troublesome operation, and one which the novel film carrier heroin described is intended to do away with.

In the drawings which form a part hereof I have exemplified a preferred form of carrer.

This film carrier is equipped with a lightsafe back-wall 1, and with a ray absorhiug transluccnt or transparent front wall 2, the lat ter being preferably of yellow glass. The hack wall 1 may be of cardhoard or any suitable lfltl'lll and while the front wall 2 is preferahly of glass, owing to the relative inflexihility of this material, I do not wish to be limited thereto. These walls are lexibly joined together at 3 in any suitable manner, so as virtually to form a booklet when the filma; is introduced therebetween. The film, of course, may be slipped into or out of the carrier as desired; and when in place thercin may be placed in position in the camera with a minimum of elfort; the carrier which serves to laterally support the film preventing it from curling, while also providing not only a light-proof back, but a ray filter in front of the film.

The films used in the carrier to which the present invention more particularly relates, are of great sensitiveness, and when placng them into the carrier it is necessary that not even red light should strike them; hence they must in practice be placed in their car-- 'icrs in perfect darkness. Further, the carrier with the film in place must also be placed in the camera in darkness, so that the sense of touch must be relied upon exclusively to insure proper emplacement of a film in its carrier and of a carrier together with its film in the camera. corner 5 of the back-wall 1 is clipped,`as is also the-corresponding corner 6 of the front wall; and that of the film, designated 7.

The clippedcorner of the film is alined by the finger tip with those of the front and hack walls, the sensitized side of the film preferably facing the glass cover or plate 2, Thus by the sense of touch alone the operator can always thereafter locate the top or bottom of an undeveloped but exposed film. Correspondingly, the clipped corners 5, G, 7, aid in properly plaeing' the `film and its carrier in the camera. v Clipping the corners of the several parts, there'fore, in the manner described not only afl'ords an extremely convenient and reliable means of locating said parts by the sense of touch; but is further about as inexpensive an indicating means of this character as can be devised.

The picture is taken in the usual manner and it is not necessary to hold up a yellow plate before the objective; the operator hence having both hands free to nanpulate his camera. The film itself being covered by the colored plate, at exposure the undesirable rays of light are excluded from the film, being absorbed by said plate. It will hence be seen that the invention while simple has merit.

By the term plate, as used in the appeuded claims, it is intended that true plat-es only shall be included thereunder, in contradistinction to long strips.

lVhat I claim, isz v 1. A carrier for sensitized films, plates, papers and the like, which comprises a sul)- stantially opaque back plate, and a light transmitting front plate, the latter being colored te absorb obj ectionable rays, said front and back plates being joined to each other along one edge and together constituting a book-shaped holder adapted to contain and maintain substantially flat a sensitized film, said carrier having indicating means, appreciahle to the sense of touch, for aiding in properly enplaciug said carrier in a camera regardless of the'abseucc of light.

2. A carrier for sensitized films, platcs, papel-S and the like, which conprises a sub- To this end one stantially opaque back plate, and a light transnitting front plate, the latter being colored to abso-b objectionable rays, said front and back plates being joned to each other along one edge and together constituting a book-shaped holder adapted to contain and maintain substantially fiat a sensitized film, one of said plates, at least, having a corner thereof clipped appreciably to the sense of touch, for aiding in properly ernplacing said carrier in a camera, regardless "of the absence of light.

3. The combination of a film carrier comprising a substantially epaque back plate and a light transmitting front plate colored to absorb objectionable rays, said front and back plates being joined to each other along one edge and together constituting a book- -shaped holder, With a sensitized film adaptcd to be placed in said l'older and to be nantaned substantally fiat theren, said carrier and said film having one set of superposed corner parts tlereof clipped ap-` preciably to the sense of touch, for aiding n properly eniplacng said film n said carrier and said carrier, together With sad tlm` in a camera, regardless of the absence of light.

4. The combination of a film carrier comprising a substantially opaque back plate and a light transmitting front plate colored t absorb objectionable rays, said front and back plates being joined to each other along one edge and together constitutin a bookshaped holder, With a sensitzed fi m adapted to be placed in said holder and to be maintained substantially fiat therein, said carrier and said film having one, set of superposed corner parts thereof clipped appreciably to the sense of touch, for aiding. in properly enplacing said film in said carrier and said carrier, together with said film, in a camera, regardless of the absence of light, substantially the entire surface of said film being exposed through said front plate.

In testimony Whereof, I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ERNST BRINKMANN.

VVitnesses: i

HENRY HASPER, VVOLDEMAR HAUPT. 

